"I have no doubt you wish a great many horrid things," his companion
rejoined, with delightful asperity.
"Ah, unfortunately I never have anything I wish!" sighed Lovelock.
"Your wishes must be comprehensive," said Bernard. "It seems to me you
have a good deal."
The Englishman gave a shrug.
"It 's less than you might think. She is watching us more furiously than
ever," he added, in a moment, looking at Mrs. Vivian. "Mr. Gordon Wright
is the only man she likes. She is awfully fond of Mr. Gordon Wright."
"Ah, Mrs. Vivian shows her wisdom!" said Bernard.
"He is certainly very handsome," murmured Blanche Evers, glancing
several times, with a very pretty aggressiveness, at Captain Lovelock.
"I must say I like Mr. Gordon Wright. Why in the world did you come here
without him?" she went on, addressing herself to Bernard. "You two are
so awfully inseparable. I don't think I ever saw you alone before."
"Oh, I have often seen Mr. Gordon Wright alone," said Captain
Lovelock--"that is, alone with Miss Vivian. That 's what the old lady
likes; she can't have too much of that."
The young girl, poised for an instant in one of her pretty attitudes,
looked at him from head to foot.
"Well, I call that scandalous! Do you mean that she wants to make a
match?"
"I mean that the young man has six thousand a year.
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